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Antidotes for Acid Poisons

Hydrochloric acid; nitric acid; oxalic acid (often mistaken for Epsom salts); acetic acid. repletion. The latter overtaxes nature, and For this form of poison, give quickly large it rebels against such treatment. Indigestion, draughts of chalk, whiting, magnesia, or soap giddiness, headache, mental depression, &c., and water, about as thick as cream; followed are often the effects of greediness in meat and by albuminous diluents, such as milk, and drink. Omitting one, two, or three meals, white of egg mixed with water. Or, if these allows the system to rest, to regain strength, cannot be procured at once, warm water; and allows the clogged organs to dispose of their burdens. The practice of drug-taking to cleanse the stomach, though it may give the needed relief, always weakens the system, while abstinence often secures the same result, and yet does no injury.